One easy way to preserve vegetables from the garden, is by fermenting them. Today our featured post will teach you how to make fermented carrots! The Benefits of Fermented Foods Fermenting foods seems to be all the rage right now, and for good reason. Fermented foods increase and add good gut bacteria, or probiotics, into your system. Latest studies are saying that your immune system, is based in your guts. So it is essential to keep that good bacteria level high, to ward off everything from the common cold or virus, to things like auto immune diseases, cancer and more…
Fall is in the air and that mean apples! Today our featured post is all about good ol’ American Apple Pie! Fall = Apple Season Be sure to check out my post on Tips on How to Prune Your Apple Trees, it includes a handy dandy video! Apples are just coming into season, and if you grow them on your homestead, you need lots of different ways to preserve them! A few great ways to preserve those apples are by making cider, juice, apple sauce, apple butter, apple pie filling, dehydrated apples. Apple Preservation Last week our featured posts also…
Welcome to September and pumpkin spice season! This week in our Farm Fresh Tuesday Blog Hop, our featured posts feature fall flavored cupcakes and muffins! Fall = Pumpkin Spice Season Either you love it or you hate it! September hits, and all things pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and apple hit the shelves! I personally love it, as those are 3 of my most favorite flavors. So this week, I am featuring a couple of posts that share recipes for cupcakes or muffins that feature these fall flavors. Be sure to check out my post on 7 Reasons Why You Should Grow Blue…
This week in our Farm Fresh Tuesday Blog Hop, our featured post will teach you how to make your own ginger ale! Health Benefits of Ginger Ginger is an amazing herb that offers lots of health benefits, so why not learn how to make your own ginger ale with it? It is probably best known for helping with stomach problems such as nausea, stomach upset and indigestion. Over the years, it has helped calm the stomach of many pregnant women dealing with morning sickness or those who suffer from motion sickness. It has also been used to calm muscle pain…
This week in our Farm Fresh Tuesday Blog Hop, our featured posts are all about tea and why you should be growing tea on the homestead! We are huge tea drinkers in our family, so I was excited to see these two articles in our blog hop last week, How and Why You Should Grow A Tea Garden and 19 Uses for Calendula Tea! Health Benefits of Drinking Tea Green tea is known to be super beneficial for you, in fact, it is one of the healthiest beverages you can drink! It can increase your stamina and memory and help…
This week in our Farm Fresh Tuesday Blog Hop, our featured posts will share quick easy yummy on the go breakfast ideas for kids, that they will be sure to eat! Breakfast Ideas for Busy Mornings Summer is almost over, and school is coming, if it hasn’t started already in your neck of the woods! That means busy mornings, trying to get the kids out the door, and having them eat a healthy breakfast too. Today we will share some quick healthy recipes to make those mornings easier! Simple breakfast ideas, that you can prepare ahead of time…